This article is about fights between dogs organised by humans as a blood sport. For natural play fighting among dogs, see Dog behavior § Dog-dog. For other uses, see Dogfight (disambiguation).
Blood sport
Dog baiting by Azim Azimzade, 1938
Dog fighting is a type of blood sport that turns game and fighting dogs against each other in a physical fight, often to the death, for the purposes of gambling or entertainment to the spectators.[1] In rural areas, fights are often staged in barns or outdoor pits; in urban areas, fights are often staged in garages, basements, warehouses, alleyways, abandoned buildings, neighborhood playgrounds, or in the streets.[2][3] Dog fights usually last until one dog is declared a winner, which occurs when one dog fails to scratch, dies, or jumps out of the pit.[4] Sometimes dog fights end without declaring a winner; for instance, the dog's owner may call the fight.[4]
"A Dog Fight at Kit Burn's" by Edward Winslow Martin (James D. McCabe). USA, 1868"Fighting dogs getting wind" by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1818[5]
Dog fighting generates revenue from stud fees, admission fees and gambling. Most countries have banned dog fighting, but it is still legal in some countries, such as Honduras,[citation needed] Japan,[6] and Albania.[7] The sport is also popular in Russia.[8][needs update]
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^Gibson 2005, section 1C.
^Boucher, B.G. (2011). Pitt Bulls: Villains or Victims? Underscoring Actual Causes of Societal Violence. Lana'i City, Hawaii: Puff & Co Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9826964-7-7.
^ abForsyth, Craig J; Evans, Rhonda D (1998). "Dogmen: The Rationalization of Deviance" (PDF). Society and Animals. 6 (3): 203 to 218. doi:10.1163/156853098x00159. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
^"Sir Edwin Landseer". Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art. October 4, 1981 – via Internet Archive.
^Gibson 2005, section 3.
^"Peshkopi, qeni fitues quhet... Obama". Dita. Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2019-04-17. (in Albanian)
^"Dogfighting latest Hobby of 'New Russians'". Russia Today. Moscow, Russia. February 8, 1999.
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